I dont have a picture of it, but for many years i had seen a TV clip of Jack Bruce playing what I thought was a regular Fender guitar while lypsynching (i think it was "Strange Brew").
I always assumed he had shown up without a bass and grabbed one of Eric's guitars thinking no one would notice.
My teacher just told me that was a Fender six-string bass, the old-fashioned kind.

I dont have a picture of it, but for many years i had seen a TV clip of Jack Bruce playing what I thought was a regular Fender guitar while lypsynching (i think it was "Strange Brew").
I always assumed he had shown up without a bass and grabbed one of Eric's guitars thinking no one would notice.
My teacher just told me that was a Fender six-string bass, the old-fashioned kind.

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yeah, man, thats the fender bass VI. Bruce's main bass for a while before the famous gibson SG bass.

I dont have a picture of it, but for many years i had seen a TV clip of Jack Bruce playing what I thought was a regular Fender guitar while lypsynching (i think it was "Strange Brew").
I always assumed he had shown up without a bass and grabbed one of Eric's guitars thinking no one would notice.
My teacher just told me that was a Fender six-string bass, the old-fashioned kind.

I just saw the Hollies on the 1964 NME Poll Winners show and their bass player is using the Fender VI. They look just like guitars. The Hollies were like an early power trio act because they had electric bass and guitar but Nash played an acoustic not plugged into anything and Allan Clarke just sings. But boy are they tight.